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Pope Francis tells faithful: Learn some of the Psalms by heart

June 19, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis gives a blessing to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square during his general audience on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Jun 19, 2024 / 11:45 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said Wednesday there are Psalms… […]

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Dying with Christ so that we shall also live with him

July 1, 2023 Carl E. Olson 3

Readings: • 2 Kgs 4:8-11, 14-16a • Psa 89:2-3, 16-17, 18-19 • Rom 6:3-4, 8-11 • Mt 10:37-42 A great paradox—perhaps the paradox—of Christian belief and spirituality is that true and everlasting life comes through […]

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The true People of God are chosen, saved, and shepherded

June 17, 2023 Carl E. Olson 4

Readings: Ex 19:2-6a Ps 100:1-2, 3, 5 Rom 5:6-11 Mt 9:36—10:8 One of the descriptions of the Church emphasized in the documents of the Second Vatican Council is “the people of God.” The Dogmatic Constitution […]

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Don’t know much about the Old Testament? Here’s the book for you.

January 14, 2019 Carl E. Olson 15

Since its publication last year, A Catholic Introduction to the Bible: The Old Testament (Ignatius Press, 2018), by Dr. John S. Bergsma and Dr. Brant Pitre, has been heralded as an outstanding reference work rooted in exceptional […]

Detail from 'Crucifixion' (c.1315) by Giotto di Bondone [WikiArt.org]
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Seven Last Words from the Cross: “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

March 26, 2018 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 1

Why evil? Why suffering? Why death? Why do bad things happen to good people? Why does God seem so far removed from it all? […]

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